Big radical 大 (dà): 25 characters

body{font-family:sans-serif;max-width:860px;margin:40px auto;padding:0 20px;color:#1a1a2e}Big radical 大 (dà): 25 characters大 (dà) is Kangxi radical no. 37, “big”. In this form it is written with 3 strokes.大 (dà) is a person with arms spread wide; as a radical it often keeps the idea of size or of a standing figure.The characters range from 3 to 12 strokes. 6 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 5 have a full word page of their own.Good ones to start with: 大 (dà) big / large, 太 (tài) too / extremely, 天 (tiān) sky / heaven / day / weather, 买 (mǎi) buy / purchase.Characters with this radical3 strokes

大 (dà) - big / large

4 strokes

太 (tài) - too / extremely

天 (tiān) - sky / heaven / day / weather

夫 (fū) - husband

5 strokes

头 (tóu) - head / top / first

失 (shī) - to lose

央 (yāng) - central

6 strokes

买 (mǎi) - buy / purchase

夺 (duó) - to seize

夸 (kuā) - to boast

夷 (yí) - ancient barbarian tribes

8 strokes

奇 (qí) - odd

奋 (fèn) - to exert oneself

奈 (nài) - but, how

奔 (bēn) - to hurry

奉 (fèng) - to offer

9 strokes

奖 (jiǎng) - prize

类 (lèi) - kind

牵 (qiān) - to lead along

奏 (zòu) - to play music

契 (qì) - deed, bond, contract

10 strokes

套 (tào) - to cover

11 strokes

奢 (shē) - extravagant

12 strokes

奥 (ào) - mysterious, obscure, profound

奠 (diàn) - to found, to settle

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Radicals and component data: Make Me a Hanzi by Shaunak Kishore (dictionary.txt, derived from Unihan and CJKlib), used under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later. Make Me a Hanzi LGPL v3

Stroke counts: Make Me a Hanzi graphics.txt, derived from the Arphic PL KaitiM GB and Arphic PL UKai fonts by Arphic Technology, under the Arphic Public License - the same stroke data the animations use. Arphic Public License